What do you think of the new birth control pill that stops the womans cycle?

Oh I see good and bad with this. I could see for some women where it would be beneficial not to have a period. Ones who are in the military for example, where having their cycle might be more then just inconvienent. However I have to wonder what it would do to the body over a long time. Women's bodies are designed to have a cycle, to run it's course and begin a new each month. To get rid of that might cause other problems to happen, to throw the hormones so out of whack that the body can't handle it. I don't think I'd want to try it, even though I'd love to be rid of the monthly mess.

I'm on the current pill and find that my period is a little bit of a relief. I know i'm not pregnant. Even if you use the pill correctly there is a chance that you could get pregnant and with the new pill how would you know? I don't like that idea. I don't mind the fact that it defies nature or anything like that, it's purely for convieneiance that i won't be trying it.

It is very concerning to me. This cycle was given to us women for a reason. We were all made in the perfect way. Why do we need to try and make our bodies more convienent for our lifestyles??? It is so new - what are the side effects? Short term and long term? Way too many questions for me to even think about taking something like this.

I don't know if this is safe. Mostly I feel that way because there will be females, girls and women both, who will use it for the wrong reason. Myself, I just had a sterilet (IUD) inserted which is supposed to give me measured doses of hormones for the next 5 years and stop my period for that amount of time. This is because I was suffering from anemia from actually hemmoraging every month. My gyno said it's safer to try this before giving a hysterectomy, and I have to agree I would rather try the non surgical route first. I told him right out though, that the pill (any kind of pill) was not an option for me. I have enough oral medication for stuff now to choke a horse. I don't want another pill.

ive only vaguely heard of this but its not something i like the sound of. As far as i am concerned its going to cause all sorts of complications later blessed be

I am not sure, I am not a doctor, but if you go say for 10 or 15 years without a period and then one day ...for some reason you cna no longer use these pills...what will happen. What about these eggs..will it extend the time a woman can reproduce? But the eggs will have aged, will this mean more birth defects. Personally it is scary! But now at my age, I would welcome this cessation...permanently!

What a ludacris idea. It seems that women can't wait for menopause.

I'm not sure, what's a womans bicycle got to do with it?

I've been on the depo provera shot for about 12 years now, with a small break in there a few years ago. It stops the cycles as well after being on it a few months. I've suffered no ill effects from it. I actually figured I'd been on it so long, there's no way I'd get pregnant...wrong :) Had my youngest daughter 18 months ago after being on it for about 10 years at the time. So the pill shouldn't be much different in my opinion from that.

It is definitly very convinient and will be appreciated by a lot of women. the side effects will probably take a few years to come out. basically fiddling with nature usually leads to bad things. but no PMS will definitly be a boon to mankind.

There are good and bad to everything in life. I have been on the depo shot for 6 years and I really dont have a period, and I LOVE IT, but I am also 38 and I know for a fact that I don't want any more children. I feel that things like the shot and this new pill should not be given to anyone under the age of 18. The shot hardens your ovaries, now who is to say that if you start the shot at 14 and stay on it till you are 21, that there is no permenant damage. As far as your cycle being part of nature, what about Menopause, women do not have a cycle then, so what would be the difference. When it comes to being Preg, most women can tell and all you have to do is request a Preg. test before you get the shot or the new pill. I think that it is great to not have a period any more, no pads, no tampons, no cramps and no mood swings.

i'm not quite sure on this one. i imagine there must be some kind of reprocussions down the road if you're on it for awhile. i do admit a break from periods after a long while would be nice,but i would worry about it a bit.

They said many many women dropped out of it after a while so I definitely think that I will let some more women test it before I do it. lol. You never know, it could be a great thing and every woman's body is different. I would just suggest getting the opinion of a doctor that you know truly cares about you. But like I said, as for me... I am glad to wait a little longer just in case.

All I can say is I think its the absolute best idea ever... I wouldn't care what the side effects were @_@

I've been on the depo provera shot for about 12 years now, with a small break in there a few years ago. It stops the cycles as well after being on it a few months. I've suffered no ill effects from it. I actually figured I'd been on it so long, there's no way I'd get pregnant...wrong :) Had my youngest daughter 18 months ago after being on it for about 10 years at the time. So the pill shouldn't be much different in my opinion from that.

In my opinion this pill shoudl be used if you do not want kids at all and you know that won't change or you have had kids and you don't want anymore. But for me I wouldn't use it because its scary thinkin that it could screw you insides so you can't have any kids

If I still had a period I would jump at the opportunity to take this, when I was taking the pill I would always take a few extra's so it would not interfere with my weekends or special events, but I have since not had a period in a so long and enjoy the pleasures of not dealing with it I would think it would be a good thing, especially if you did not want children again. Unsure what the benefits would be if one day you did not want to conceive again, since I would think this would mess up your entire cycle.

I thought it was only "new" to the United States and has been in effect a few years over in Europe? I know my boyfriend's mother is currently on it and it only stops menstruation for 5 years and then you do the process again. Even though I am on birth control myself, I'm still wary of doing this process because I don't want to get older and find out I screwed myself up. [and yes, I'm still paranoid with what I take now, but I take it so I can actually not be rolling on the floor in pain when I have one]

we have been "defying nature" ever since we have created tools, so i dont think that this is a big deal.

I think man is playing a dangerous game of altering the natural course of things. Even if you don't believe in God, you should be pretty impressed with the way the human body works and reproduces. It is made that way for a REASON. I have been on the pill before and it sure was convenient to stop my period when I went on vacation or had a visit from a long distance boyfriend, but really, stopping it permanantly has to do the body some type of damage. The only problem is, for now in their generic lab studies, there will be no findings and then 20 years down the road women will show up with tumors and then the damage is already done...but at least they've made a nice Buck!!